Spike TV's "Deadliest Warrior": Vampires vs. Zombies!

[Unknown Primate]

I enjoyed it too, but seriously, a different group of film makers, fans & writers might have a whole different take on both creatures.  I mean, someone could make a new vampire flick & claim certain ones can grow 10 feet in height with proportional strength.  I know they have to make it more appealing & exciting for the viewers, though.  Still, I think a scenario with a Dracula hybrid of Lugosi/Lee versus The Night of The Living Dead, would be ultra-cool!

It would'ave been funny (in the episode being discussed) if the Vampires just turned into mists or bats and just floated or flew away, !

[Count_Zirock]

The vampires kinda reminded me of the ones from "John Carpenter's Vampires," since I haven't seen "30 Days of Night" yet. But, even those vampires were stronger & faster than what they had here. I don't even know why the zombies would go after the vampires, though. Vampires just awakened by the setting sun should be fairly bloodless, even if they'd fed the night before. The zombies shouldn't see them as a food source, or as a source to spread the zombie virus. And, as Steven Niles said, vampires survived the plague, so the zombie virus shouldn't be a problem. I'm really kinda curious about what they're gonna do to continue the battle, but think they really should've just stopped with this one battle.

[frankenstein73]

I would have liked to see them to use the twilight vampires and watch zombies obliterate them back into nonexistence.

[Count_Zirock]

I would have liked to see them to use the twilight vampires and watch zombies obliterate them back into nonexistence.

Are you kidding? Most "Twilight" fans already are zombies! "Oooh, shiny, pretty, sparkly ... no brains? Shiny!"

[Sean]

The vampires kinda reminded me of the ones from "John Carpenter's Vampires," since I haven't seen "30 Days of Night" yet. But, even those vampires were stronger & faster than what they had here. I don't even know why the zombies would go after the vampires, though. Vampires just awakened by the setting sun should be fairly bloodless, even if they'd fed the night before. The zombies shouldn't see them as a food source, or as a source to spread the zombie virus. And, as Steven Niles said, vampires survived the plague, so the zombie virus shouldn't be a problem. I'm really kinda curious about what they're gonna do to continue the battle, but think they really should've just stopped with this one battle.

I don't understand the reasoning that guy had for vampires being immune to the zombie virus--------'they survived the plague'....  HUMANKIND survived the plague, too.  But many individuals perished.  Vampirekind survived the plague--------but that doesn't mean individual vampires didn't succumb.


Zombies are mindless beings.  Not a lot of thinking going on, they attack vampires like great white sharks attack surfboards------------not because they want to eat a surfboard, but rather because they thought it was a nautural food source like a turtle or seal and just bit it.

[Big Bad Wolf]

It bugs me how easily they conveniently forgot that vampires are the undead too, so they wouldn't have a working circulatory system either, meaning that the idea of spreading the zombie virus to a vampire is a moot point.

Of course, this is something much more widespread than just this episode. I agree with a previous poster: it seems vampires are being treated more like superpowered mutants with a nasty addiction than undead monsters out of our worst nightmares.

[Sean]

It bugs me how easily they conveniently forgot that vampires are the undead too, so they wouldn't have a working circulatory system either, meaning that the idea of spreading the zombie virus to a vampire is a moot point.

Of course, this is something much more widespread than just this episode. I agree with a previous poster: it seems vampires are being treated more like superpowered mutants with a nasty addiction than undead monsters out of our worst nightmares.

The show bought wholeheartedly into the vampire's heart pumping blood and the vampire's circulatory system was a vulnerability for the zombie to exploit.  I forget... vampires don't breathe, right?  So... there's no oxygenating of the blood.  So does a vampire's heart pump blood?  What would be the reason if it's not oxygenated?  Am I just off base with vampire legend AND the function of the circulatory system in beings?

[Moonshadow]

The show bought wholeheartedly into the vampire's heart pumping blood and the vampire's circulatory system was a vulnerability for the zombie to exploit.  I forget... vampires don't breathe, right?  So... there's no oxygenating of the blood.  So does a vampire's heart pump blood?  What would be the reason if it's not oxygenated?  Am I just off base with vampire legend AND the function of the circulatory system in beings?

I guess it all depends on which angle you take. If vampires are supernatural beings, and only able to be killed by a stake through the heart, or sunlight, then I would assume that their bodies don't function as normal and they would be immune to viruses and disease. If on the other hand you want to ground them in reality, and make vampirism some sort of condition, then I would assume that their body functions are similar to a humans but perhaps on some sort of elevated physical level. In that case I would think they would be susceptible to injury and disease.

As much as I love the modern, Romero style zombie, it has never really made any sense that you could blow it full of holes and it would keep coming until you hit the brain. I mean, how is it moving around if the circulatory system is not providing oxygen and nutrients to the tissues? But I try not to think about it too much or I couldn't enjoy it.

[Dr. Madd]

I wanna see a pnuematic Frankenstein punching fist.

[Sean]

I wanna see a pnuematic Frankenstein punching fist.

Absolutely, DOC!  I was thinking the same thing.  For Frank, I wanna know PPSI on the punch and I want to know PPSI on a crushing bear hug.  For the Wolf Man, basically the bite and swipe power...

[Moonshadow]

I'd love to see DW do a Frankenstein vs. Wolf Man match, BUT only if it was the traditional versions -no 8 foot tall werewolf or robot Frankenstein!!

[Sean]

I'd love to see DW do a Frankenstein vs. Wolf Man match, BUT only if it was the traditional versions -no 8 foot tall werewolf or robot Frankenstein!!

And no 'let's see how many Wolf Men it takes to fight a Frankenstein monster', either... so we don't get 16 Lon Chaneys VS 12 Bela Lugosis.

[Unknown Primate]

How about GODZILLA VS The "SCREAM" Killer Dude?

[Moonshadow]

How about GODZILLA VS The "SCREAM" Killer Dude?

They would need 73,908 Screams for one Godzilla.

[Unknown Primate]

HA!!